Starcraft II Australian and Oceania finals kick off today

The World Championship Series of Starcraft II will see the finals for Australia and Oceania take place from today until 12th August.

The event will see 16 players who've blitzed the qualifiers compete for the Australian title, then go up against the best in both Australia and New Zealand for the Oceania finals, the winners of which will be off to Shanghai later this year.

The total prize pool for the Australian and Oceanic tournaments is USD$10'000 and USD$15'000 respectively.

Commentary for the event will be handled by Nick ‘Tasteless’ Plott and Dan ‘Artosis’ Stemkoski, and Alex ‘HDstarcraft’ Do and Taylor ‘PainUser’ Parsons, while MC Leigh ‘Maynarde’ Mandalov, is playing host.

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